celticfan42487 wrote:therealozzykhan wrote:celticfan42487 wrote:Durant is the best player in the NBA
He could of had a legacy like LeBron or Jordan while leading the Thunder to multiple championships but he robbed himself and all of us from that possibility by being a pathetic cupcake.
That's the real thing his pure cowardice robbed us and history of.
Have you seen Westbrook play? There is no way Westbrook was helping KD win a chip. KD leaving exposed how bad Westbrook is. KD is still an MVP level player and Westbrook is the worst contract in the NBA.
OKC should've kept Harden at that time instead and maybe things end differently. KD made the smart decision to leave.
Watch Westbrook from back then not now, they also had Ibaka and other players. Westbrook was great back in the day saying he couldn't win with them is pure stupidity.
It's different also with Westbrook playing as the #1 option and playing with an in prime Durant. Durant 100% could win with Westbrook and Ibaka easily and was up 3-1 on the Warriors for a reason, got them to the finals earlier with that crew.
If Durant stayed and proved he was the best in the league like he clearly is we'd be seeing him in the finals just as often as the we would have seen the Warriors facing LeBron for those 10 years but as the main man.
Durant is Embiid + actual basketball talent.
Then why does Westbrook suck so bad now? He hasn't had any major injuries, KD has had far worse injuries. They're the same age, its because KD is an all time great and any success they had was solely because of him, like Lebron leading the Cavs to the finals in his first stint.
Sure Westbrook put decent stats, but his shooting has always been horrible and when it came to close games in the playoffs Westbrook was useless. He's the ultimate empty stats guy, he's a career 29% shooter from 3 in the playoffs. If thats youre second best player you're not going far lol. It's because of him the tripple double doesn't mean much anymore lol.